The poem “After Apple picking” explore the psychological aspects of the journey of life. It illustrates a persona who has probably spent his whole life picking apples finally tired of his work, and his struggle in attempt to analyse and reflect upon the meaning of his life. Frost conveys the idea that the persona had too much of a good thing and his sense of overwhelming exhaustion and frustration towards all the responsibilities in life though his use of sensory imagery and structure of the text. The type journey discussed in the poem is psychological one of life. The concept that devoting a whole life doing something that was once loved may end in dissatisfaction is examined.
Demonstrate Through Close Analysis How Parallels and Oppositions Contribute to the Impact of a Lyric Poem of Your Choice. In 1586 on the eve of execution Chidiock Tichborne wrote a poem dealing with both the event of his death and how he felt about it contrasting with his youthful age. Like many lyrical poems it use’s techniques not only to convey emotions but to create a high impact on the reader. The main technique used to create the impact in this poem is the use of parallels and oppositions. The poem by Chidiock Tichborne is structured into three stanzas.
89) is a strong metaphor. This line shows to prove that his life is slowly diminishing, like people stealing money from your pockets. He is also very weak and he is staying at a rehab center. Like Joan’s father, my grandfather is also very weak and he needs a cain to help him walk. His skin turns wrinkly as compared to “the curtain of mist that falls over one eye” (pg.
How does Robert Frost build up a sense of tension and drama in his poem ‘Out, Out-’? Robert Frost’s poem ‘Out, Out-’ depicts the loss of a little boy’s life and more importantly, the lack of sympathy to the tragedy which ensued after the death of the child. His lack of attachment to the boy and his death is stimulating to the readers, letting the reader interpret the poem how they choose. The title ‘Out, Out-’ is taken from the play ‘Macbeth’ in which Macbeth ruminates about his wife’s death, comparing life to a ‘brief candle’, which we can see is similar to the abrupt and unfulfilled death of the little boy. Frost builds the tension throughout the poem, at first setting the scene and ultimately leading to the boy’s death.
Egl 102-08 November 26, 2012 Tennyson’s Ulysses: A Closer Look When first reading through Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses”, the reader may think that this is simply a poem about an old king getting ready for another journey. Many critics say that Tennyson’s poem was his own way to grieve over the loss of his best friend and attempt to move forward. However, on further examination of the poem and Tennyson’s character, Ulysses, it becomes apparent that Tennyson draws inspiration from Homer’s “The Odyssey” and Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy” as well as from his own personal experience. In his poem, “Ulysses”, Tennyson created a character who believes he should be travelling the world and seeking knowledge, not sitting around waiting for death to come for him. In creating this character, Tennyson uses character traits from Odysseus of “The Odyssey” and traits from Ulysses in “The Divine Comedy”.
So already from the poems start the reader gets sympathy for the knight. In the two first stanzas, the scene of autumn is described: The grass stopped, no birds sing, squirrels and other animals have hoarded food to sustain them throughout winter, and the harvest is done. The writer makes the knight look so exhausted and miserable, by saying: So haggard and woebegone. By saying this, it makes the knight seem to be in a terrible condition: “And on the thy cheek a fading rose – the poet is comparing the color on his cheeks with a fast fading rose. The poet also says: I see a lily on thy brow – which means that the knight-at-arms forehead glistens with sweet like a lily (white).
‘Write about poetic methods Hardy uses in ‘At Castle Boterel’’ In the poem ‘At Castle Boterel’, Hardy uses a variety of techniques and methods to convey thoughts about the different concepts and ideas presented by passage of time, the way in which time, and ultimately life, passes away, taking with it youth and opportunity, and leaving behind the imminence of death, and the knowledge of inevitable mortality. It was written during March 1933, when Hardy visits Cornwall after the death of his wife Emma. He recalls a particular incident when glancing at the hillside and seeing himself and Emma as they were forty-three years before. Hardy looks behind him both mentally and physically, this shows the Greek mythical character of Orpheus who had set out on a quest to recover his wife, and (Hardy went on a pilgrimage to seek his wife). However the failure of Hardy’s pilgrimage, similarly to Orpheus’, is inevitable, as Hardy is visiting the place in order to leave his courtship but by looking back at the hillside Hardy experiences the precious memory of his angelic wife Emma.
Shakespeare's reference to "yellow leaves" shows that the person is in the fall of their life, approaching winter, considering leaves don't change until the end of fall and the boughs "shake against the cold." He then references an absence when he speaks of the "late" birds. His choice to use the word "late" and the past tense "sang," show that something isn't there anymore, or missing creating a feeling of emptiness. This feeling of emptiness combined with the metaphors implying a fast approaching winter, seem to relay a harshness and maybe that the person has missed something in life. The person's death is constantly coming near, as is alluded to by his metaphors with twilight and a sunset.
Compare how a characters voice is created in “My Last Duchess” and ONE other poem. The characters’ voices in “My Last Duchess” and “The River God” are created in very similar but also different ways. In both poems we can see that the characters are created as quite lonely in, “My Last Duchess” and “The River God”. The writer of “My last Duchess” uses euphemism to display his loneliness to the reader. “This grew; I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together.” This quote creates a sense of loneliness to the reader seeing as the speaker is saying that “all smiles stopped” implies that the person who smiled is no longer alive but now dead.
“ Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Bober, 1991) The road he is referring to is more of a path or a trail going through the yellow woods, meaning the leaves on the tree were yellow which is saying it is in the fall. “ And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood”. (Bober, 1991) He is saying that he is standing in front of both paths not sure which one to take and feels some type of regret for not choosing the other path. “ And having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear”. (Bober,1991) The speaker is saying that he chose the better path.